Africa

• January 8 : Creating the instigation of Gabon 's International Centre for Bantu Civilization (CICIBA).
• January 11 : In Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso ), the "Committee of hello people" (CSP) appoints Thomas Sankara Prime Minister (ending May 17 ).
• January 17 : Decree for the expulsion of illegal immigrants in Nigeria .
• March : Yamoussoukro , the birthplace of Ivory Coast President Felix Houphouet-Boigny , is furnished and embellished in order to become the nation's capital.
• April 26 : The President of Sudan Gaafar Nimeiry declares state of emergency. The introduction of Sharia (Islamic law) has led to the resumption of civil war between North and South.
• May 20 : Inauguration of Matadi Bridge on the River Congo.
• August 4 : Coup d'Etat of Captain Thomas Sankara in Upper Volta (completed in 1987 ).
• 10 - August 11 : The France triggers " Operation Manta "in Chad . French troops intervene in Chad, in the throes of civil war. The anti-government supporters of Habr are supported by Libya.
• October 18 : Foundation of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
• November 2 : New constitution grants certain rights to the Metis and Indians in South Africa.
• December 31 : General Buhari overthrows Shehu Shagari in Nigeria.

• African countries trade very little among themselves (3.4% of exports, 3% of imports) and remain deeply dependent on the Western capitalist countries (83.3% of exports, 74.2% of imports), especially Europe West (60.9% of exports, 55.9% of imports).

America

October 25 : Invasion of Grenada

• 8 - January 9 : Creation of the Contadora group : the Mexican , the Venezuela , the Colombia and Panama decided to undertake a mediation effort aimed at restoring peace in Central America. He received broad international support (except U.S.) and are joined from 1985 by Argentina , the Peru , the Brazil and Uruguay.
• January 9 : Travel-surprise Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher in the Falklands archipelago , which has been taken to Argentines.
• February 25 , Peru : The region of Ayacucho is declared an emergency zone and placed under military command , but that peace will return, however. President Belaunde Terry gives carte blanche to the army to repress the guerrillas, which translates into an increase in violations of human rights.
• March 24 : Signed in Cartagena , Colombia , the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, known as the Cartagena Convention , the only regional environmental treaty required.

• March 31 , Brazil : First demonstration Diretta J! to Abreu e Lima, Pernambuco.
  • The economic crisis was at its height in part because of faltering economic policies. The military is discredited. Divided, they face a huge popular mobilization on the theme Diretta J! (Direct elections at once!) While President Figueiredo chooses his successor. Moderates the PMDB could convince the left of the party to rally behind Tancredo Neves. Within the PDS (Partido Progressista), the party president Jose Sarney as the PFL ( Partido da Frente Liberal ) who refuses the candidate proposed by Figueiredo. The PFL and the PMDB are close to form the DA (Aliana Democrtica) to support the nomination of co-Neves Sarney. The launch duros threats, forcing Neves give guarantees that in case of victory, there would be no revenge (revanchismo).

• April 27 : Ronald Reagan did vote in Congress on U.S. military assistance increased Salvador Salvadorans and encouraged to bring forward the date of presidential elections.
• June - October : Events, concerts pans or protested against the power held in Chile.
• July
  • The socialist regime of Nicaragua is plagued by guerrilla raids, the "Contras", who came from Honduras.
  • Commission Kissinger (bipartisan National Commission on Central America ) convened to consider the threats on U.S. interests in the region. She concluded that the origin of the crisis is to be found in poverty, injustice and political regimes unwilling to reform. But the Reagan administration retains the idea that the causes of the destabilization of democracies are carrying on a volatile situation made by forces hostile to Western values and receiving Soviet support.
• August 10 , Chile : Augusto Pinochet appointed a civilian curator, Sergio Onofre Jarpa , the Ministry of Interior with the task of establishing a dialogue with the opposition.
• September : Ecuadorian President Osvaldo Hurtado draws the attention of the ECLAC on the social and political consequences of the debt crisis. An initial conference is held under the auspices of the OAS in Caracas.
• October 19 : Independence of St. Kitts and Nevis.
• October 18 , Chile : A demonstration unit of any opposition gathers more than half a million people in Santiago, Chile.
• October 25 : American Landing in Grenada , beset by serious political unrest. The intervention was condemned by the UN General Assembly.
• October 30 : In Argentina , the beginning of the Presidency of Civil Raul Alfonsin after the dictatorship of Videla , who was elected president with a majority of votes. It restores democracy. It adopts a reasonable attitude to the military side, choosing to tell the truth about the "dirty war" and to do justice without vengeance, without attacking the military. He wants to be judged harshly the former leaders of the three juntas but we should show leniency vis--vis the performers. It creates a National Commission on Disappeared Persons ( CONADEP ) and entrusted the direction to the writer Ernesto Sabato.

• The foreign debt of Uruguay has doubled since 1972.
• Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau change its economic policy. It proposes to increase the bilateral agreements with the United States modeled on the auto pact of 1965. The Reagan administration agrees to negotiate, but refused the proposed method.

United States

28 - May 30 : Summit of the G-7 Williamsburg (Virginia)

• January 15 : The birthday of Martin Luther King holiday becomes.
• March 8 : In front of an audience of fundamentalist Protestants, Ronald Reagan denounced the Soviet Union as "the evil empire."
• March 23 : Speech on National Security . To break the logic of "balance of terror", Reagan defense program launches, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), dubbed by its detractors' Star Wars. " He would build a shield that would provide an impenetrable anti-nuclear "mutual assured survival," instead of "mutually assured destruction (MAD) of conventional deterrence. Critics argue that such a system is destabilizing technically inefficient and expensive, and it is likely to militarize space. Supporters of SDI notice that MAD is immoral and that because of the accuracy of the missiles, offensive forces are vulnerable to attack. By engaging in an arms race that involves high technology, Reagan hopes of breath USSR technically retarded.
• March 25 : the first moonwalk of the "King of Pop" Michael Jackson for the 25th anniversary of Motown
• July ¹ : copper miners' strike of the company Phelps Dodge ( Arizona ) following a decrease in salaries, bonuses and security measures.
• October 23 : In Lebanon , two suicide car bomb struck the French barracks (56 dead) and U.S. (239 dead).
• October 26 : The United States Congress decides to stop the fast breeder reactor (FBR) to Clinch River.

• First execution by intravenous injection to the United States.
• 52% of women work outside the home.

Asia

• January 5 , India: The Congress Party lost the regional elections in Andhra Pradesh against the Telugu Desam whose leader, NT Rama Rao became head of local government . Indira Gandhi manages to bring down the government by convincing a minister to rally Congress. This manipulation causes such an uproar that New Delhi has to retreat. Indira disclaims any responsibility for the matter to the government. In Kashmir , Indira sets up a similar scenario, causing the tilting of the State in the violence.
• April 30 : Elections in Thailand. Coalition government of General Prem Tinsulanonda.
• July 23 : Civil war in Sri Lanka led by separatist movements Tamils ( Tamil Eelam , LTTE ). The Tigers (LTTE) pass to the terrorist action, triggering clashes between Tamils and Sinhalese.
• August 21 : For the Philippines , the opposition leader Benigno Aquino was assassinated at the airport in Manila on his return from exile.
• September ¹ : The Korean Airlines Flight 007 was shot by a hunter soviet west of the island of Sakhalin.

• Malaysia : Mahathir bin Mohammed twice opposed to hereditary sultans and managed to gain acceptance to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Council of Rulers of a limitation of their right of veto.
• In Punjab , the Sikhs , who form 52% of the population, suffer a significant rise in unemployment. The Akali Dal , from a Sikh extremist sect that wants to establish a theocracy, has seen its audience grow. Indira Gandhi decided to divide the Akali Dal by promoting the extremist faction of Sikh nationalism, led by Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale , who claims the creation of a Sikh state, the Khalistan. The cycle of violence / repression caused 10 000 deaths since the early 1980's. The Akali Dal has new demands to the central government, whose refusal promotes the movement of Bhindranwale, who installs his militia near the Golden Temple at Amritsar. On October 5 , all passengers of a bus are massacred Hindu and the president's rule was proclaimed in the Punjab. Bhindranwale, although he is not indicted, decides to hide a weapon in the sacred precincts of the Golden Temple. The Akali Dal is trying in vain to regain control of the situation.
• The restoration of the Buddhist temple of Borobudur ( Java ), begun in 1966 , is completed.

Middle East

October 23 : Attack of Drakkar.

• February 8 : The report of the Kahan Commission of Inquiry led to the resignation of Ariel Sharon in March.

• April 10 , Iran-Iraq War : Iraqi Offensive . Between April and November , the four Iranian offensive "Dawn" conducted on the northern front did not yield results.

• April 18th : Attack against U.S. Embassy in Beirut ( Lebanon ) claimed by Islamic Jihad. Appraisal: 63 dead and 120 wounded.
• May 17 : Peace Agreement between Lebanon and Israel. It is based on the model of treaty with Egypt , but can not be implemented due to the occupation of Lebanon by Syrian troops. The Lebanese government will denounce the following year. MNF ensures the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Beirut , effective September 26.
• June 24 : Yasser Arafat is expelled from Damascus .
• August 28 : Resignation of Menachem Begin , Israeli Prime Minister .
• September 3 : The Israeli withdrawal without preparing the area Chouf opens the way to the massacre of Christians by the Druze . The friendship between Israel and the Maronites is threatened. Druze marched on Beirut. The Lebanese army, commanded by Colonel Michel Aoun , manages to stop the Druze offensive on Beirut.

• October ¹ : A cease-fire is signed between the Lebanese Army and Druze.
• October 10 : Yitzhak Shamir becomes Prime Minister of Israel.
• October 23 : Attack of Drakkar. Simultaneous explosions of two truck bombs outside the barracks of the " marine " Americans and the French Army in Beirut ( Lebanon ). Balance: 241 U.S. Marines and 61 French paratroopers of the multinational force were killed.
• October 30 : An earthquake of magnitude 8.6 is 1,330 victims in Turkey.
• October 31 , Lebanon : A national reconciliation conference held in Geneva. Policy makers require a withdrawal priority of Israel, which refuse the Lebanese Forces. In November, the fighting resumed.
• December 21 : Attack against the French soldiers of the UNIFIL in Lebanon South. Appraisal: 10 dead, including a French soldier, and 110 wounded.

• 122 000 in Arab East Jerusalem.

Europe

October 29 : pacifist demonstration in The Hague , Netherlands during the Euro-missiles crisis

• January 19 : Crisis Euromissiles : Andrei Gromyko , in Bonn , rejects the zero option.
• January 20 : Speech by Franois Mitterrand in Bonn: "The missiles are in the East and the pacifists in the West." It approves the deployment of Pershing missiles American.

• January , Italy :
  • Manifest in the daily La Repubblica leaders brigadistas imprisoned, Renato Curcio and Alberto Franceschini , who officially renounce armed struggle.
  • Arrest of the leaders of Prima Linea , Sergio Segio ( January 15 ) and Diego Forastieri ( January 28 ).

• February 4 : Dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic in Portugal.
• April 25 : The PS won the early parliamentary elections in Portugal (36.12% and 107 seats out of 250).
• April 29 : Fanfani government resigns in Italy. The coalition led by Amintore Fanfani is divided by the disagreement between Christian Democrats and Socialists.
• May 4 : President of the Italian Republic Fanfani charge of managing current business and dissolves Parliament.
• June 9 :
  • Mrio Soares , Prime Minister a href = "Parti_socialiste_ (Portugal)" title = "Socialist Party (Portugal)"> socialist forms a Portuguese government of " grand coalition "with the Conservatives (completed in 1985 ).
  • United Kingdom : Electoral Triumph Conservative party through the division of its opponents.
• June 11 , UK : The monetarist Nigel Lawson became Chancellor of the Exchequer (completed in 1989 ). But the monetarist experiment runs runs from 1985. Policy interest rates tends to control either the money supply, but the exchange rate.

• June 26 , Italy: The Christian Democrats fell to 33% in the parliamentary elections, the PCI to 29.9%, the PSI rose to 11.4% and MSI to 6.8%.

• July 22 : The state of war is canceled in Poland after Pope's trip a success.
  • Demonstrations and arrests are increasing. Solidarity becomes a clandestine opposition movement, supported by the Catholic Church.

• August 4 : Top government Craxi in Italy (PSI-DC) (ending 3 March 1987 ).
• August 31 : A Boeing South Korean was killed by hunting Soviet thinking to deal with a U.S. spy plane in its airspace off the coast of Sakhalin Island (269 dead).
• September 7 : End of the CSCE in Madrid.
• October 2 : Neil Kinnock became head of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom.
• October 5 : Lech Walesa won the Nobel Prize for Peace , he can not get to the ceremony.
• October 17 : Events pacifists West Germany.

• 2 - November 11 : Operation Able Archer , exercise of military simulation conducted by NATO.
• November 8 : Earthquake in Liege ( Belgium ) with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale.
• November 15 : Proclamation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is recognized only by Turkey.
• November 23 : Deployment of the first Pershing in Germany and the United Kingdom.

• December 8 : Suspended by the Soviet of START negotiations in Geneva.
• December 15 : Withdrawal of the Warsaw Pact countries of MBFR of Vienna.
• December 17 : Attack of the Provisional IRA at Harrods ( London ).

• December : Euromissiles: Implementation in Italy , in Britain and Germany for 48 Pershing II and cruise missiles from 64 to rebalance the U.S. forces in Europe.

• Economy:
  • Law of economic restructuring in Spain (Miguel Boyer, Minister of Economy): rigor and austerity (devaluation, job cuts at shipyards, steel, textiles, creating zones of urgent reindustrialization).
  • Italy: -0.2% growth. Restarting the Italian economy. Growth accelerates, inflation slowed, government deficits are being filled. The weight of the underground economy is important (20-30% of national income). The play is devalued by 2.5%.
  • Renewed growth in the United Kingdom. Dramatic decline in inflation. In 1983-1987, the annual price increase and 4.7%, the wages of 8.5%. Increased military spending, culminating in 1983-1984 with 5.4% of GDP.
  • Margaret Thatcher thundered against the agricultural policy of the EEC , which absorbs 70% of the budget and is unable to control a huge surplus.

France

Switzerland

Oceania

Thematic Chronologies

Arts and Culture

• Exhibition of the painter Balthus at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
• Creation Festival Just for Laughs in Montreal by Gilbert Rozon.

Births in 1983

• January 8 : Chris Masters , WWE wrestler
• January 13 : Ronny Turiaf , basketball French
• January 17 : Julie Budet, better known under the name of Yelle , French singer
• January 19 : Hikaru Utada , Japanese singer
• January 21 : Maryse Ouellet , Canadian professional wrestler in WWE wrestling
• January 26 : Dimitri Szarzewski , rugby French (XV of France and Paris Stade French)
• January 31 : Sebastian Castella (Sebastian Turzac) matador French.

• February 11 : Rafael van der Vaart , Dutch footballer
• February 21 : Melanie Laurent , French actress
• February 26 : Kara Monaco , model and actress, American , Playmate of the Year 2006

• March 15 : Florencia Bertotti , Argentine singer and actress.
• March 19 : Evan Bourne , WWE wrestler.
• March 31 : Vlasios Maras gymnast Greek.

• April 7 : Franck Ribry , French footballer.
• April 13 : Schalk Burger , rugby player in South Africa.

• May ¹ : Alain Bernard , French swimmer.
• May 3 : Myriam Fares , Lebanese singer.
• May 5 : Serafin Marin , bullfighter Spanish.
• May 13 : Grgory Lemarchal , French singer ( 30 April 2007 ).

• June 8 : Kim Clijsters , Belgian tennis player
• June 12 : Bryan Habana , South African rugby.
• June 15 : Aurlie Vaneck , including actress in the series Plus belle la vie
• June 17 : Kazunari Ninomiya , singer of Arashi
• June 17 : Lee Ryan , singer from the British band Blue

• July 1 : Marit Larsen , Norwegian singer.
• July 3 : Maslowska writer novelist , playwright and journalist in Polish.
• July 4 : Miguel Angel Munoz , singer and actor.
• July 10 : Kim Heechul , Korean singer.
• July 14 : Igor Andreev , Russian tennis player

• August 3 : Christophe Willem , French singer revealed by New Star
• August 6 : Robin van Persie , footballer Dutch
• August 18 : Mika , singer, songwriter, British musician
• August 31 : Roddy Darragon , Olympic silver medalist cross-country skiing

• September ¹ : Tiana Lynn , American actress of charm
• September 14 : Amy Winehouse , British singer of jazz and soul
• Sept. 16 : Kirsty Coventry , a swimmer Zimbabwe

• October 4 : Ueda Tatsuya , singer Japanese.
• October 4 : Sophia Burn , English bassist Veils.
• October 11 : Ruslan Ponomariov , world champion of chess

• November 9 : Jennifer Ayache , French singer
• November 11 :
  • Aruna Kon , Ivorian footballer
  • Philipp Lahm , German international football player.
• November 12 : Micha Kwiatkowski , singer Polish
• November 15 : Laura Smet , French actress.
• November 22 : Manual Daumas said Emma Daumas , French singer
• November 27 : Miguel ngel Perera , bullfighter Spanish.

• December 8 : Neel Jani , racing driver Swiss
• December 20 : Lucy Pinder , Model UK
• December 31 : Simon Astier , actor French

Deaths in 1983

• January 11 : Nikolai Podgorny , Soviet politician.
• January 13 : Ren Bonnet , driver and car manufacturer.
• January 19 : Jean d'Arcy , a man of television.
• January 24 : George Cukor , American director.
• January 27 :
  • Meyer Fortes , British anthropologist.
  • Louis de Funs , French actor.
• Jan. 28 : Billy Fury , British singer.

• February 25 : Tennessee Williams , American writer (b. 26 March 1911 ).

• March 3 : Georges Remi said Herg , cartoonist, "father" of Tintin.
• March 8 : Chabuca Granda (real name Maria Isabel Granda Larco), Peruvian singer (b. 3 September 1920 ).

• April 19 : Jerzy Andrzejewski , writer Polish (b. 19 August 1909 ).
• April 30 : George Balanchine , dancer and choreographer.

• May 14 : Miguel Alemn Valds , President of Mexico between 1946 and 1952.

• June 15 : Mario Casariego y Acevedo , Spanish cardinal, Archbishop of Guatemala (b. 13 February 1909 ).
• June 26 : James Robert Knox , Cardinal Australian Roman Curia (b. 2 March 1914 ).

• July ¹ : Richard Buckminster Fuller , architect, designer, inventor and writer (b. 12 July 1895 ).
• July 4 : ^Dr. John Bodkin Adams , English GP and serial killer (b. 1899 ).
• July 13 : Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author.
• July 29 : Luis Buuel , Spanish director (b. 22 February 1900 ).

• August 2 : James Jamerson , Motown bassist American.
• August 6 : Klaus Nomi , singer.

• September 7 : Joseph Schroff , the German cardinal Roman Curia (b. 20 February 1903 ).
• September 17 : Humberto Sousa Medeiros , American Cardinal, Archbishop of Boston (b. 6 October 1915 ).
• September 26 : Tino Rossi , singer French.

• October 6 : Terence James Cooke , American Cardinal, Archbishop of New York (b. ¹ March 1921 ).
• October 26 : Alfred Tarski , logician Polish (b. 14 January 1902 ).

• November 7 :
  • Umberto Mozzoni , Cardinal Argentine Roman Curia (b. 29 June 1904 ).
  • Germaine Tailleferre , composer, member of Les Six.

• December 5 : Robert Aldrich , American film director and producer.
• December 8 : Keith Holyoake , Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1957 and 1960 to 1972 (b. 11 February 1904 ).
• Dec. 25 : Joan Mir , Spanish painter and ceramist (b. 20 April 1893 ).

References

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